The U.S. Department of Defense says a U.S. Marine was killed Saturday by enemy fire in northern Iraq after, according to reports, the United States military has begun staging a “couple hundred” Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the area.
According to CNN, these Marines have begun constructing a base of operations in the area, and appear to be gearing up to bring the fight directly to the ISIS at the terror group’s biggest prize, the city of Mosul.
Officials say in a press release Sunday that Staff Sgt. Louis F. Cardin, of Temecula, California died Mar. 19th from wounds suffered when his unit was hit by ISIS rocket fire. According to another official, the Marines moved in near the frontline with ISIS two weeks ago, in an area controlled by Kurdish forces.
Their movements may have been spotted by ISIS militants, who launched the rocket attack in response.
A U.S. official said Saturday that the attack occurred at the Makhmour base outside the Islamic State group-held city of Mosul, where Iraqi anti-ISIS forces have been — for months — massing for a largely anticipated offensive.
The presence of so many Marines in the region has experts speculating that United States ground troops may take a much larger role in the offensive, and could be tasked with leading the attack. That means Cardin’s fellow Marines may soon get a chance for revenge against ISIS.
According to Stars and Stripes, “Cardin, 27, joined the Marines in June 2006 and was trained in field artillery, ABC affiliate WWAY in Wilmington, N.C., reported. His awards included the Presidential Unit Citation-Navy, three Afghanistan Campaign medals, an Iraq Campaign Medal and three Sea Service Deployment ribbons, WWAY reported.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Leave revenge exploits to the movies. If Congress has agreed to war against “The Islamic State” then that war should be fought because theses radicals are a clear and present danger to the rest of the world and fought through a carefully calculated and determined military campaign, free of political encumbrances. Unfortunately, our muslim-in-chief will exact some ineffectual show of force as attempt for his own glory and then, with his false face, cripple the military’s ability.
I wholeheartedly agree with this comment!!!
The aboves are exactly why despite my values I find myself thinking “Lee Harvey Oswald,we need two favors.”And they do not include Hillary,jsu Bary Soetoro aka Barack BHussein Ob am,a and bernie Sanders,top be two fewer avowed socialist/progressive actually today’s misnamed communists out of the picture,with a 12” silencer on the end of an M1 Garand barrel so no one hears squat and the hitter gets away clean.Unfortunately this is not a doable.So we have to plod on with the bull both of them spew and wish heart attacks,pickled camel nuts and cold borscht soup on both of them in prison cells,Sanders for seditious promotions he’s made more of in recent weeks including abolish the 2nd Amendment.
Precisely!!!!
Excellent! Time for the gutless denying politicians to face up to the ISIS threat and declare war on it.
Let’s be realistic. Isis and other Terrorist groups (note that I do not use the term Islamic) can only be defeated by large amounts of ground troops througout the Middle East and North Africa. There is no way that is going to happen. President Mouth loves to hear himself talk……..will he draw another ” Line in the Sand” ???
Another concern, are we willing to pay the price in American lives lost and families destroyed by the return of our mentally and physically damaged children?
It’s a heartbreaking question. When I look at what the Obama administration has done or not done…..I just don’t know. One thing for sure, if we intend to fight, then we do it wholeheartedly. You can not win with one hand tied behind your back. When our generals stand up to the ineptitude of Obama, they are released. We should have learned that lesson in Vietnam under Johnson, another wonderful President.
You are right. He is non American and supported Muslim extremist and other communist countries like Cuba and ask nothing from them in return. He is not fit to be associated with the Government of the United States of America.
He has put more debt and burden on this country than ALL the other presidents put together and wants to spend even more.
Why aren’t the American people demanding for his resignation?
Because the houses are weak! We need a non politician as our next president. With no ties to these life long politicians. Vote for Trump.
Because you are ALL wrong. You are hopelessly brainwashed by the GOP & their puppets/media. Wake up to REALITY already, join the real world, become a real American.
“Revenge” is just so-called journalists’ spin on things. Maybe a squad or platoon would get more fired up if they knew they were going after the guys that got their bro, but I highly doubt the actions of an entire unit would be elevated by a single death. Especially under the supreme command of wussy-foot Obozo.
Since he is on vacation too much, the military teams should just decide to win war and rebel against him. Since they care about USA and Obama does not.
Agreed.
That is exactly what will happen. Our president has made us look weak and he has always undermined the efforts of our military leaders. He has always bowed down to the Islamic leadership and he has shown his true colors more than once. I just hope he doesn’t get to many of our young men killed trying to put up a front for the upcoming election.
Obama will be happy to fly the flag of ISIS over the white house as soon as he lowers the American Flag, He is a traitor and should have been impeached years ago. Obama leads the fight against western values. How was this allowed to happen and he still commands the votes of many US citizens who perhaps stupidly look for Sharia Law to prevail.
Oh I can’t agree with you more! Obama has systematically caused the deaths of many of our soldiers because he has changed the “RULES OF ENGAGEMENT” even though this muslim in office knows nothing about military tactics and has never served in the American military. He called for the deaths of the 38 Navy Seals and other military men in that mission in Afghanistan, after the death of Osama bin Laden of which this non-American Muslim took credit for Osama’s death (and then had them get rid of the body for some odd reason?) With this murderer in the WH, we have lost on all fronts against ISIS of which was created by this radical Islamist who said (and even SNOPES said this was true: “the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam”. What kind of cockamaimy statement is that for an alleged American president?! He was responsible, along with Hillary Clinton for the deaths of Ambassador Stevens and the 3 brave Navy Seals in Benghazi as well and it has now been shown that they were gun-running to Al Qaeda during his entire time in the WH and Clinton was too! Obama is a traitor and a war monger for his people of Islam and we all know what they are by now and what they have sworn to do to all infidels and the entire Western World. They have thrived under this Muslim tyrant and he has been so stealth with his lies and deception. Couldn’t agree more with what you said!
In total agreement with this post. He Obama the Blowhard should have been arrested convicted of his crimes, and face a firing squad, long ago. He is Unfit too be a Commander-in-Chief, Dictator/King.
The USMC can’t fight a war alone. They will also need the Army, Air Force and Navy to fight a serious war. The war in Iraq was won 13 years ago. The “leader” and Hillary withdrew the troops 5 years ago and now the region is in chaos. In 2001 Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf warned us that nation building doesn’t work.
True enough, but they can sure break things and kill terrorists. Withdrawing troops doesn’t change that, just makes the planning a little more interesting…
All the military teams can work together win disgusting war where they die frivolously. Military rule would be good for USA until other forms of government tries to be competent.
So true.
There has been much speculation about the origins of this ISIS group. Undoubtedly it was blunders by the US State Dept., the CIA, and the rest of our glorious leaders. The US blundered in their withdrawal from Iraq, their aid to ‘moderate’ rebel groups in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East, and the way they handled enemy combatants. (They released the current ISIS leader.) Lots of blame to go around. Now they’re sending a very small Marine Unit to fight ISIS along with the Iraqi Army and the Kurds. And they’re showing signs of success. This proves that ISIS has never really been as tough as reported. They can be beaten relatively easily by the right fighting force. Which leads to the next question–why has it taken so long?!! Someone must have an interest in the success of ISIS. They don’t want to solve this problem. And of course ‘they’ has to include forces inside our own US Government. And now again ‘they’ are sending US Marines to clean up their mess. Fight hard and smart, Marines!! Kill as many of those bleeps as you can. Hopefully our blundering leaders won’t get too many of you killed for no reason. Semper Fi!!!
Nicely written. Our leaders could have wiped out ISIS and the foreign rebel groups in Syria if they wanted instead if giving thme aid. But that didn’t happen because not part of plan to destabilize the region (first Iraq then Lydia and now Syria. By destabilizing we have a mass exodus of Muslims claiming refugee status to Europe and USA hence destroying the 2 greatest white continents in the world. Europe is a mess and we will be soon…it is all part of the plan which help destroy the European ethos and to help bring on the NWO.
AMEN!!! You are exactly correct. The jerk muslim, having been given the keys to the White House (what used to be one of our Nation’s sacred edifices), has leeway to destroy Europe and the USA and, believe me, that is his dream and his mission. Yes, destabilizing Libya and Iraq and Syria and Egypt is all a part of the Obamate’s dream of destroying whites and any white culture.
They say they want WAR. They don’t want WAR they want to play at it. Remind them of Japan and Germany. Is that what they want TOTAL WAR? If they still claim they want to destroy mankind then give them total war until none are left alive. War has become a game that children play. Give them war as it was meant to be fought. Kill the adversary until there are none left alive to kill– let the dead lie rotting in the streets because there no living left to bury them.
They want to whack as many hornets’ nests as they can, and they don’t care if they get stung in the process. Remember, Japan and Germany were motivated mainly by real estate, and they fought their way through traditional military defenses to get it. For Daesh, real estate is just a place for training grounds. Their true objective is to bypass “gaining territory” entirely and strike directly at the citizenry.
Actually, there’s been pressure throughout the intelligence community to downplay Daesh’s threat, because Obozo doesn’t want to hear bad news.
In 2003 a U.S. army armored Division set an all time record for winning territory in little time. Thanks to Hillary and the “leader” all those victories were washed away. Then Hillary tells us that she has foreign policy experience. Christians are suffering under a genocide for years in Iraq. No American, British, French or German troops came to their rescue.
OUR DICTATOR IN CHEIF WILL NEVER FIGHT THESE RENIGADES BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THEM. HOPE TO GET RID OF HIM IN NOVEMBER…..(I HOPE)
Obama and Hillary Clinton both are to blame for this mess. And Obama is a big joke when it comes down to war. He has never served this country!! But yet he tells our Military how to handle things. What Obama has done is tie our Military’s hands behind their backs by not sending in the proper gear and weapons that they asked for. Oh! Boy this country is going to be in deep shit if Hillary tries to run it!!!
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Wow this is nothing like letting the enemy know what is about to happen.This is a GI Party being warned an inspection is coming. Do the job and then tell the world.
Turn the Marines loose, without Politically Correct shackles and the ISIS nightmare will be over within a month’s time. Add the Army, Air Force and Navy Seals, the Isis night mare will be over in 1/2 a month. First though remove the Politically correct shackles.
And once this night mare is over, get our troops the hell out of that rat hole.
Or encourage the military to ignore them because Obama murders them. Self defense here.
Instead of Obama being in Cuba he should be in this country worrying about our men/women overseas fighting ISIS. I don’t think this man has sat in the Oval office for one week since people voted him in what a shame that probably all the blacks, and young white college students took this guy at his word they were looking for change and they got division very, very sad. Too many stupid/ignornant people and uneducated put so much believe in him. He is not the Messiah.
Most of those are mooching off the government. Only explanation I can think of.
Don’t dare criticise our President………..you will be accused of racism!!
ALL THE ACTIONS ( WARS ETC) HAVE BEEN POLITICAL AND OUR ARMED FORSES HAVE BEEN SHACKELED.AND NOT LET FIGHT AS BEEN TRAINED WITH THE WEAPONS AT THEIR DISPOSAL.iF THE SECOND W.W. HAD BEEN FAUGHT THAT WAY WE WOULD MOST PROBABLY BE SPEAKING JAPANESE OR GERMAN
The U.S. military was ordered into Iraq on the basis of Bush family fraud. Stealing Iraqi oil for Halliburton was one major goal of the fraudulent attack. The Bush family collaborating with the israeli MOSSAD in the destruction of 9-11 and the fraudulent scape-goating of Moslems has been repeatedly revealed. The facts of 9-11 are laid out thoroughly by wikispooks, at this link_ https://wikispooks.com/wiki/9-11/Israel_did_it
The 7 countried in 5 years plan used the U.S. military to remove Arab Semites from their homelands, while murderiing Christians and Moslems, preparing for the Israeli extension into the countries and renaming the entire Middle East, “Israel.” This plan was presented by Israeli Zionist leadership shortly after the 1948 land-grant, fraudulently named “Israel.”
The USmilitary entered Iraq due to Bush family/Israeli fraud and continue to be present due to Bush family/Israeli fraud. The U.S. has no right to violate international law, nor to continue to misuse Americans to carry out the plan of Israeli Zionists.
Too strange half truths.
A “couple hundred” Marines? Who are they kidding. No way to fight a war.
marines can cause alot of dammage in combat beleve me been there semper fi..
Hopefully the U.S. military will completely destroy ISIS. It’s time this brutal group is relegated to the trash heap of history. It’s time ISIS members are sent to spend eternity with Mohammad and Allah in the land of perpetual summer.
The American Military can not win when American politicians do not allow them to truly fight. Remember Vietnam?
You joking me? What will be the rules of engagement? Yeah, these jarheads can exact extreme punishment, but at what cost to them? What a crook of crap! Push come to shove this piece of crap our “criminal in charge aka cic” will abandon these Marines to protect his brothers!
drbhelth~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What oil did we actually get? None! That war cost us dearly in lives and treasure. It was hoped the cost of it would be offset by cheap oil. We saved their damn oil fields for what? barry gave it to isis. I still think the convoys that left Iraq heading for Syria had weapons of mass destruction. Why where these convoys allowed to go? Oh, politicians at play.
We have to avenge our troops being killed . No more Mr. nice guy
If the powers to be will not let our troops fight and kill the enemy then they shouldn’t be there. Don’t play games with the lives of American military personnel.
Barrack Hussein Obama has had a plan from pre 2008 .. cripple America.. bring AmeriKa to its knees, strip our Military, redefine marriage, change was promised and we now are only half way down the slippery slope… We need to elect a moral pres. who respects the unborn , respects marriage between man and woman; tells the truth always, protects the Bill of Rights and the Constitution; we need a moral Supreme Court Replacement judge for Scalia.. a truthful , great American.
A nation that kills it’s unborn has NO future… St John Paul II.
God have Mercy on this country.
Thank you, Ricardo, for being a good American.
i just finished watching quite a long video about Scott Bennett, former employee of Booz, Allen, Hamilton, a financial transactions tracing expert who was given a US Army commission to track terrorist funding, recommend drone targets, and etc.
He learned that the CIA and Mossad, working together, using Swiss banks, financed ISIS/ISIL…but he doesn’t say who gave the orders(let the gentle reader guess).
In addition, when Iraq was abandoned by US forces, millions-if-not-billions-worth of usable equipment(vehicles, munitions, etc.) was left behind – which does NOT happen “by accident.” In fact, it’s generally a court-martial offense, and the military certainly knew better – they just had to follow someone’s orders.
The PNAC crowd, even BEFORE 911, put together a plan which included “destabilizing” the gov’t’s of the ME, and Israel was totally on-board; if the Muslims are fighting each other, they won’t be as prone to bothering with Israel, will they?
So just google up Scott Bennett, visit his website, and/or read up on “Shell Game.” Had CongressCretins and generals heeded his advice/recommendations in 2012, many military men and women currently dead or maimed in body and soul could have/would have been saved. The thing to remember is this 5-word phrase: “War is good for business,” and that’s the root of the trouble. The war profiteers make a bundle off of starting – and especially, continuing them – and gather greater and greater amounts of power by so doing, while they impoverish those they can’t directly maim or murder.
As to Trump, i believe that he certainly intends to do what he SAYS he’ll do, assuming he lives long enough. Democrats hate him, greedy bastards in his own party hate him, Soros and many toadies/sycophants/lickspittles of the NWO and OWG hate him, even CHINA hates him! With that much hate, you have to ask yourself “why?”
Thank God you have the foresight to see the light. What you have stated is the whole truth. I don’t give Trump a chance to live. If he should be elected. He will be assassinated.
The MO FO is a devil and lays in bed with them. Too many of our children blood has been shed and this MOFO is travelling the Island at our expense. Dear Lord, please please take him the hell out of our country and, send him to the Devil where he belongs.
“A couple hundred Marines”? Seriously, against thousands of ISIS militants? What a typical weak Liberal response. They will be slaughtered, and the US military will suffer yet another embarrassment at the hands of Obama.
Carpet bombing time for Iraq.
Hey Horn Reporter, why don’t we just give the enemy the marines position coordinates and ETA! Why don’t you use your brains and give us the news AFTER it happens and not jepordize our troops!